In my last post, I promised to share my musings on the Kenyan elections. I did muse a little on this subject at the NDI Conference on Technology and Transparency and in general, the faces of my audience told me …
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This past week I was invited by the National Democratic Institute team in Kenya to speak at a conference they organised in Nairobo to discuss the elections. They asked me to discuss lessons from the Kenya Open Data Initiative that …
Every once in a while, I binge on whole seasons of TV series – sometimes to my own detriment. Lately, I’m binging on medical drama series, Private Practice. There’s this scene in Season 2 where a neo-natal surgeon (I didn’t know …
I am humbled and honoured to be named a New Generation Leader for Africa 2012, by the Africa Leadership Network. According to Fred Swaniker, famously of the Africa Leadership Academy, I was nominated from “thousands of candidated from the continent.” …
A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to spend half an hour with a 85 year old man who moved to Washington DC in August 1980 – the very month I was born. I had just finished a …